London County Council
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723 - 1792, portrait painter, lived and died in a house on this site.
WC2, Leicester Square, 48
There are actually 2 plaques, with the same wording, on the building, one at first floor and one at ground floor level.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Joshua Reynolds plaque
Born in Plympton, Devonshire. Came to London in 1753. As a student of Italian...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Joshua Reynolds plaque
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
Apollo Theatre Originally intended for musicals the Apollo Theatre opened in 1901 with a farce called 'The Belle of Bohemia'. A popular ...
There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...
Stanfield House - Hampstead Clarkson Stanfield, 1793 - 1867, theatrical scenic artist, marine and landscape painter, Royal Academician, ...
The building in the background of the mural is, of course, the old Wembley Stadium.
From Newham Stories (2018: that link not working but Newham Story has the text) we learn that there used to be another plaque commemorati...
Sir David Low, 1891 - 1963, political cartoonist, had his studio here, 1929 - 1940. Erected by the Heath and Hampstead Society
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
This stone was laid exactly 100 years to the day from his first act of bravery.
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